Bug#825383: /usr/share/hplip/doctor.py: hp-doctor will not accept sudo password and there is no root account

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Fri 04 Jan 2019 at 11:58:53 -0500, Brendon Higgins wrote:

> On Monday, 29 January 2018 2:46:40 PM EST Brian Potkin wrote:
> 
> On Monday, 29 January 2018 6:03:19 PM EST Reinhard John wrote:

[Snipped, but due to be responded to at a later date]

> > But as Brian pointed out, this is just a workaround, not a solution.
> > hp-doctor should be able to accept both types of verification. This is
> > intended in the file /usr/share/hplip/doctor.py (line 102 to 122) and it
> > doesn´t work, at least not with debian. And this is undoubtedly a bug.
> > We will see whether the hplip developers will react to my bug report there.
> 
> hp-plugin, too. Do you have your upstream bug number handy? I'd like to follow 
> progress (if any).

It is referenced as a duplicate in the forwarded bug report.

Brendon - it is always useful to know which device make and model is
being used.

Regards,

Brian.